Sunday, December 18, 2011

That Year Of The Giant Snow People

I bought myself a little Christmas gift. My friend, Joan found this photo on Etsy and passed it on the link to me. And I just had to have it.

Awesomeness

It's got everything that makes my heart happy.

Enormous Snowmen? Check!

Stern Slightly Distant Lady?Check!

Freaky Flat Santa Guy? Check!

Eep. What a pair, huh?

I'm still waiting for the photo to arrive and I can't wait to get a better scan of the details. Or to map out my own freakishly gigantic snowmen for the lawn next year. What do you think is in there? Ranch Dressing friend Peashells suggested that they might be bushes - and I think she's right. That would be perfect.

As we don't have any bushes, I think that mine will be chock full of cat hair, dryer lint and Sonic grilled cheese wrappers.

10 comments:

I collect vintage photographs & kitschy Christmas items so of course love this image! It always amazes me to see how people decorated their homes back then, I was thinking the snowmen were stuffed with leaves? It would be fun to attempt a miniature version of these indoors.

That SO makes total sense that there are bushes under there!! You've got a hedge, no? I envision either one extremely W-I-D-E snowman, or many small ones bunched up together. Shall we start sending you our old sheets?? -Joan.

Hahaha...love this! In addition to the freaky pepperpot snowmen I'm also a little concerned about Father Christmas - was he moonlighting from his usual job as captain of a pirate frigate? As he appears to have two wooden legs...

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